Look Out! It's A SAND SHARK!

Is it too much too hope that Sand Shark star Brooke Hogan's famous father might show up at the climax of Mark Atkins' film to slam the titular beast down in a suplex? The idea of Hulk Hogan wrestling a shark makes no sense, I agree, but neither does the idea of prehistoric sharks that live beneath the sand preying on Hogan's scantily clad daughter. It would, however, be awesome.

Roaming the halls of the Cannes Marche du Film is an often surreal experience with booth after booth of high minded art film nestled up against films which are, shall we say, of a slightly different mind. This is one of those. Though there's no trailer available yet we do have an official synopsis:

An underwater earthquake cracks open a crater deep beneath the ocean's surface unleashing a prehistoric predator.  On the sleepy island of White Sands, local teens drink and party beside a beach bonfire.  One of them wanders off after a pretty girl and disappears, leaving only a severed hand behind.  It appears it's been bitten and ripped off by a vicious animal.  This looks like a shark bite, but it's found well above the high tide line, it can't be a shark... Or can it?  Jimmy Green (Corin Nemec), prodigal party boy and son of the mayor, returns home to White Sands with a scheme to breathe some life into the dying economy (and clear his debt to a mobster) by throwing a huge spring break party: The Sandman Festival.  Jimmy runs into his ex, and now Deputy Sherriff, Brenda Young (Vanessa Lee Evigan).  She and her brother, the Sheriff, want to close the island beaches in fear of further shark attacks, which would ruin Jimmy's plans.  Brenda calls in an expert, shark scientist Dr. Sandy Powers (Brooke Hogan), as the attacks continue. Dr. Powers says it appears to be a sand shark, a beast which moves through the sand as if it was water.  A shark is electrocuted by accident, but it's soon discovered that this shark, though gigantic, was only a baby!  The festival continues and thousands of college kids arrive just as dozens of sand sharks make their presence known, attracted by the vibrations of the crowd and the PA system.  The most menacing beasts to ever rule the waters, now rule the sand; mercilessly feeding on anything that crosses their path.   It's a giant feeding frenzy and it's up to Brenda, Sandy, the Sherriff, and Jimmy to stop the carnage.